Jean Meeus (born 12 December 1928) is a Belgian meteorologist and amateur astronomer specializing in celestial mechanics, spherical astronomy, and mathematical astronomy.[
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Meeus studied mathematics at the University of Leuven in Belgium, where he received the Degree of Licentiate in 1953. From then until his retirement in 1993, he was a meteorologist at Brussels Airport.
Awards and honors
In 1986, he won the Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
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The
main belt asteroid 2213 Meeus was named after him by the International Astronomical Union in 1981 for his contributions to the field.
Publications
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Tables of Moon and Sun (Kessel-Lo: Kesselberg Sterrenwacht, 1962)
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Syzygies Tables (Kessel-Lo: Kesselberg Sterrenwacht, 1963)
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co-author (with Carl C. Grosjean & Willy Vanderleen) of Canon of Solar Eclipses (Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1966)
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co-author (with Frederick Pilcher) of Tables of Minor Planets (1973)
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Astronomical Formulae for Calculators (1979) 1st
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Astronomical Formulæ for Calculators (1982), 2nd ed. Enlarged and revised, Willmann-Bell Inc,
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Astronomical Formulæ for Calculators (1985), 3rd ed. Enlarged and revised, Willmann-Bell Inc,
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Astronomical Formulæ for Calculators (1988), 4th ed. Enlarged and revised, Willmann-Bell Inc,
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Astronomical Formulas for Microcalculators (1988) (Russian Edition, Moscow, "Mir", 1988)
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co-author (with Hermann Mucke) of Canon of Lunar Eclipses: -2000 to +2526 (Astronomisches Büro, 1979)
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co-author (with Hermann Mucke) of Canon of Solar Eclipses -2003 to +2526 (Astronomisches Büro, 1983)
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Astronomical Tables of the Sun, Moon and Planets (1983)
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Astronomical Tables of the Sun, Moon and Planets (1995), 2nd ed.,
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Astronomical Tables of the Sun, Moon and Planets (2016), 3rd ed.,
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Elements of Solar Eclipses 1951-2200 (1989)
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Transits (1989)
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Astronomical Algorithms (1991), 1st ed.,
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Astronomical Algorithms (1998), 2nd ed.,
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Mathematical Astronomy Morsels (1997)
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More Mathematical Astronomy Morsels (2002)
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Mathematical Astronomy Morsels III (2004)
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Mathematical Astronomy Morsels IV (2007)
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Mathematical Astronomy Morsels V (2009)
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co-author (with Fred Espenak) of Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000 (October 2006), NASA Technical paper 2006-214141 2006
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co-author (with Fred Espenak) of Five Millennium Canon of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000 (January 2009), NASA Technical paper 2009-214172 2009
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